The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, November 7, 2056
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
5:54 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1656
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For Nov 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 170.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.79° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.09° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.